{"id":29356,"date":"2003-09-01T20:25:26","date_gmt":"2003-09-01T20:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/uncategorized\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:25:59","slug":"measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC<\/h1>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>In previous versions of Guardian DRC there were only two ways of measuring the distance between two segments: the ordinary, Euclidean metric, and the square metric, which behaves differently when measuring distances from a corner of a shape. With decreasing feature sizes Euclidean metric does not always provide the adequate measurement of tolerances required during the IC fabrication. Therefore various DRC systems introduced other types of measurement. This article describes how Guardian DRC system performs measurements required for the execution of DRC spacing checks, which are based on separations between line segments (\u201cwidth\u201d, \u201cindistance\u201d, \u201coutdistance\u201d, \u201covdistance\u201d, \u201cdistance\u201d, \u201ccompdistance\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"805\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_sep_2003_a4-e1611191375340.jpg\" class=\"cleaned-enfold-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/dynamicweb\/jsp\/downloads\/DownloadDocStepsAction.do?req=download&#038;nm=simstd_sep_2003_a4.pdf\" class=\"BGT-btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Simulation Standard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In previous versions of Guardian DRC there were only two ways of measuring the distance between two segments: the ordinary, Euclidean metric, and the square metric, which behaves differently when measuring distances from a corner of a shape. With decreasing feature sizes Euclidean metric does not always provide the adequate measurement of tolerances required during the IC fabrication. Therefore various DRC systems introduced other types of measurement. This article describes how Guardian DRC system performs measurements required for the execution of DRC spacing checks, which are based on separations between line segments (\u201cwidth\u201d, \u201cindistance\u201d, \u201coutdistance\u201d, \u201covdistance\u201d, \u201cdistance\u201d, \u201ccompdistance\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":22574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7570],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-simulation-standard","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC - Silvaco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Silvaco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SilvacoSoftware\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-09-01T20:25:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-15T21:25:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_sep_2003_a4-e1611191375340.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"805\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Molver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SilvacoSoftware\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SilvacoSoftware\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u57f7\u7b46\u8005\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casey Molver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u63a8\u5b9a\u8aad\u307f\u53d6\u308a\u6642\u9593\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Molver\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2763eb741ca5ac04477fdff50ed84c80\"},\"headline\":\"Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC\",\"datePublished\":\"2003-09-01T20:25:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-15T21:25:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":116,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/simulationstandard\\\/simstd_sep_2003_a4-e1611191375340.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Simulation Standard\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ja\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/measurement-of-spacing-checks-in-guardian-drc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Measurement of Spacing Checks in Guardian DRC - 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